Picker's Pocket Guide - Comic Books: How to Pick Antiques Like a Pro
Sep 2015 · Penguin
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COMICS PACK PUNCH!
Comic book values are soaring. Superman's debut, Action Comics #1, sold for $3.2 million. The first appearance of Batman in Detective Comics #27 fetched $1 million. Exceptional examples? Certainly, but you don't need X-ray vision to see everyone from collectors to savvy investors covets vintage comic books. Discover for yourself what insiders have long known with this hands-on, how-to guide to picking comic books.
You'll uncover:
• The best comics to hunt, from the 1930s-1980s and beyond
• Where to find hidden treasures
• Practical strategies for buying and selling comic books
• How to flip comics for profit and fun
• Common reprints and facsimiles
• Restoration and repair
Whether for pleasure or profit, the Picker's Pocket Guide is a real find.
Comic book values are soaring. Superman's debut, Action Comics #1, sold for $3.2 million. The first appearance of Batman in Detective Comics #27 fetched $1 million. Exceptional examples? Certainly, but you don't need X-ray vision to see everyone from collectors to savvy investors covets vintage comic books. Discover for yourself what insiders have long known with this hands-on, how-to guide to picking comic books.
You'll uncover:
• The best comics to hunt, from the 1930s-1980s and beyond
• Where to find hidden treasures
• Practical strategies for buying and selling comic books
• How to flip comics for profit and fun
• Common reprints and facsimiles
• Restoration and repair
Whether for pleasure or profit, the Picker's Pocket Guide is a real find.
About the author
David Tosh, Mesquite TX, is a comic books expert/cataloguer at Heritage Auctions. He has had articles published in a number of magazines and has also written the introduction for several books on comics.
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